Education
The four main pillars of teaching in BTS are veterinary foundation courses, veterinary elective courses, graduate courses and seminars, and undergraduate courses and summer college. Faculty members in the department are often engaged in more than one of these areas. The veterinary curriculum is centered on problem-based learning, in which faculty facilitators guide discussions in small groups using real-world clinical cases as a springboard for learning foundational biomedical sciences. Some faculty participate in complementary lectures, labs, and academic coaching as well to support student learning. Contributions to graduate education beyond research mentoring include participation in lecture-based and seminar courses for PhD students in several fields of study that are part of the Graduate School. The undergraduate curriculum is primarily didactic. Our department provides leadership for the Animal Physiology concentration of undergraduate biology majors, and also administers other undergraduate courses in anatomy, pharmacology, histology, and cancer biology. Many of our faculty (both tenure-track and non-tenure-track) are involved in undergraduate advising also. Finally, BTS offers pre-college summer courses in veterinary science and genomics & data science.
